First Official Lesson

Now in Morro Bay, I made it a point to schedule my first official Kiteboarding lesson. I contacted a shop out of Pismo Beach (a couple of towns south of us) called California Kiteboarding. Scheduled a noon session with Jason.

We met up at Oceano-Pismo State beach, a beach you can actually drive onto. The attendant forewarned us to stay on the packed sand or risk getting stuck.

The beach was beautiful and the wind was more than sufficient for a beginner lesson. Jason drove up in his van. We had our intro and went straight to flying kites.

In this lesson, I flew my 3m foil training kite, a 5m foil training kite with a harness and finally a full blown (literally) 7m Slingshot bow kite, harness and helmet. I quickly learned that I have a lot to learn.
launching, landing , figure 8s, S sign, pulling up from a seated position etc.

           

It was quite a workout. I lasted for only 3 hours.

Unfortunately I did not get a chance to go into the water or try out a board, but I'm looking forward to it on my next lesson.